My brother came all the way from Los Angeles to help shepherd me through a potentially traumatic weekend. (Impending milestone birthday.) So we did a couple of segments where he let me pick from a list of numbers, which corresponded to mystery tracks that he brought along–and musical madness ensued! Those were the “Rockin’ Roulette” segments.

Here is the complete list of 2012 Twirlie Award Winners, presented live on Twirl Radio, Saturday, February 4, 2012, in Sacramento, California. Congratulations to all, and more importantly, a big thank you to all the great independent musicians who make it possible for me to do this radio show.https://twirlradio.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/podcasttwirlies2012.mp3Album of the YearMaxi Dunn, for her album The Neglected Gambit

Producer of the Year (tie) Peter Hackett, for Maxi Dunn’s album The Neglected Gambit

Producer of the Year (tie) Wim Oudijk, for The Big I Am’s album Collecting Skies

Best Line In A Song Juan Mazzola of Baby Scream, for his song The Last Call. The line was “I wouldn’t care about tomorrow, tomorrow never cared for me.” “I shouldn’t care about your sorrow, sorrow never cared for me.” I’m a little disappointed with you….”

Best Rock And Roll Moment
1. Japan Radiothon 2011
2. Writing liner notes for Above The Blue by Vegas With Randolph
3. Getting to hear sneak preview of Debora Iyall’s remake of her Romeo Void song A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)–on her Ipod
4. Reaching 500th episode in May
5. Emceeing for the Corner Laughers at their Sacramento gig